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Former world super-middleweight champion Carl Froch YouTuber-turned-boxer has delivered a brutal verdict on his decision to face Anthony Joshua. jake paul In miami Next month.
Froch accused the 36-year-old of trying to “cash in” on his career by entering the “clown world”, but argued that it hardly matters as Joshua has little legacy to salvage.
Joshua will face Paul in eight rounds, which will be his first fight since he was knocked down four times and stopped by the fellow Briton. Daniel Dubois last September.
Froch said on his YouTube channel: “Does it hurt his legacy? A little bit, because he’s fighting in the clown world, right? He’s making money, and fair play to him, but what harm will it do to his legacy?
“He hasn’t had a Hall of Fame career. I’m not pretending, but you have to have back-to-back world-title defenses and you have to be successful against elite level fighters to get into the Hall of Fame. That has to be accepted, and this is no slant on that.”
Joshua Tyson was looking for a long-awaited fight with Fury, but instead he will face Paul, who began his boxing career by defeating 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson late last year.
Promoters claimed that Paul’s bout with Tyson was the most streamed sporting event ever, peaking at 65 million concurrent streams, and they clearly hope to capitalize on Joshua’s reputation as a legitimate contender.
Froch believes Joshua is fully aware that his days as a leading man are over, which is why he has accepted the unusual challenge presented by Paul.
“For me, AJ’s legacy is bringing boxing to the forefront, filling stadiums one after the other – filling stadiums, what, four or five times? He did what I was the catalyst for.
“And let’s be fair to him, but when he got to the elite level, he was found lacking. Even at the average level, with the loss to (Andy) Ruiz.
“And then he lost to (Olexander) Usyk twice, and he lost to Daniel Dubois at all. And for me, that was the end of him, and he was over a year ago.”